The devastating fires in Northern California and the destructive power of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria within the last few months were terrifying reminders of how quickly Mother Nature can ravage entire cities and towns.

While these catastrophic natural disasters happen periodically and have a beginning and an end, rising sea levels are a slow, creeping phenomenon that will likely prove far more destructive than all of those disasters combined.

Seattle-based real estate data firm Zillow took a stab at quantifying just how ruinous rising sea levels could be for the housing markets in cities around the country. Most notably, they say nearly 1.9 million homes could be underwater by 2100 if the sea level rises just six feet, accounting for 1.8 percent of the country's total housing stock.

Some metro areas will be hit much harder than others. Miami, for example, could see nearly one-fourth -- or just over 481,000 -- of its homes underwater. New York is next on the list, with more than 180,000 homes projected to end up underwater. All told, the cities that will suffer the most damage are largely concentrated on the Eastern Seaboard and Florida, and are valued at $916 billion.

The Seattle metro area didn't crack the list of the top 10 areas expected to see the most damage (thankfully), but there are still a significant number of Puget Sound-area cities that will be hit hard by rising seas.

Scroll through the slideshow above to see the cities that could lose the most homes to the sea.